Former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad is rewriting history when he blamed the police for the 1987 Operation Lalang mass Internal Security Act (ISA) arrests, claiming that he was furious over the mass crackdown. In the new book, "Doctor M: Operation Malaysia – Conversations with Mahathir Mohamad" by Tom Plate, Mahathir said: “Well, I [...]

Regina Lee | Feb 9, 11 Malaysiakini Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad had pointed at the direction of the police over Ops Lalang, which saw 106 people arrested including top political dissidents under the Internal Security Act in 1987. In the most recent book on Mahathir, ‘Doctor M: Operation Malaysia – Conversations with Mahathir [...]

Aidila Razak | Feb 8, 11 Malaysiakini Malay rights NGO Perkasa’s fierce objections to aspects of the first part of the New Economic Model (NEM) forced its second part to be watered down. Revealing this today, National Economic Advisory Council member Zainal Aznam Mohd Yusof said Perkasa and other right wing groups were up in [...]